Japan’s nuclear policy-setting panel yesterday approved revised guidelines on plutonium use, putting a cap on its stockpile and pledging to eventually reduce it to address international concerns,
The ruling party of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen congratulated itself yesterday on its election victory, while the opposition party unable to contest the polls said they
Australia’s foreign minister was visiting East Timor yesterday to repair bilateral tries after a bitter dispute over energy revenue and spying allegations. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop
A Malaysian-led independent investigation report released yesterday, more than four years after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared, highlighted shortcomings in the government’s response and raised the possibility
Rescuers are trying to evacuate hundreds of tourists stranded on Mount Rinjani on the Indonesian island of Lombok after an earthquake that killed 16 people triggered
A strong and shallow earthquake early yesterday killed at least 14 people and injured 162 on Indonesia’s Lombok island, a popular tourist destination next to Bali, officials said.
A tropical storm in Japan disrupted transportation and knocked out power to thousands of homes in its path as it headed west toward a region still recovering
As Cambodians voted yesterday, a win is all but assured for strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen in an election that highlights China’s growing influence in Asia
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is looking for a strong showing for his Liberal-National coalition in special by-elections being held in Australia this weekend as he looks
Australian sailor Wendy Tuck has become the first woman to skipper the winning vessel in the Clipper Round The World Yacht Race. Tuck, 52, from Sydney, led the Sanya
Former cricket star Imran Khan’s party claimed victory in Pakistan’s election, boosting stocks as investors bet he’d be able to form a stable government that could address
Kem Monovithya, a Cambodian political activist, was visiting Switzerland in September when she got a phone call from her father. Kem Sokha, the leader of Cambodia’s main
A suicide bomber struck outside a crowded polling station in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta, killing 31 people as Pakistanis cast ballots yesterday in a general election meant
He’s a thrice-married playboy who hangs out with Mick Jagger. But he’s also an Islamist who has kept company with a cleric and spiritual adviser to many
Rescuers were searching yesterday for villagers left missing when part of a newly built dam broke in southeastern Laos, flooding the surrounding countryside and killing at least
A hydroelectric dam collapsed in southeastern Laos, leaving an unknown number of people dead and hundreds missing, state media said yesterday. Rescue efforts were underway as top government
As Pakistan prepares to make history today by electing a third straight civilian government, rights activists, analysts and candidates say the campaign has been among its
North Korea appears to have started dismantling key facilities at its main satellite launch site in a step toward fulfilling a commitment made by leader Kim Jong
U .S. talks with North Korea and trade tensions with China were among the topics U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Secretary of Defense James
Japan recorded its highest temperature ever yesterday as a deadly heat wave continued to grip a wide swath of the country and nearby South and North
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